Table 2 of Chikama, Mol Vis 2008; 14:2333-2339.

Table 2. Summary of in vivo confocal microscopic findings in patients with traumatic RCE.



Finding 		 

Normal		 Case Frequency
in RCE
cases
 
1 2 3 4 5 6
Irregular epithelial cell alignment - + + + - - - 3/6
Gaps in epithelial cell layers - + + - - - - 2/6
Enlarged basal epithelial cells - + + + + - - 4/6
Absence or reduced number of sub-basal nerves - + + - + - - 3/6
Brightly reflective granular structures in the epithelium and Bowman’s layer - + + + + + + 6/6
Activated keratocytes in the shallow stroma - + + + + + - 5/6
Scattered fine particles in the shallow stroma - + + + + + - 5/6
Cell infiltration in the mid stroma - + + - - - - 2/6
Keratoprecipitates on the endothelium - - + + - - - 2/6

-: absence, +: presence, on the respective finding with the confocal microscopy. The abnormal findings shown in Figure 2 were not detected in the normal eyes.

Chikama, Mol Vis 2008; 14:2333-2339. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v14/a269

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